Interesting BLOG referenced by B&H Publishing.
And the link is?
I found a lot here http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22Nails+From+The+Cross%22&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8, but I was not interested enough to sort through the search results.
Oops - http://michaelcatt.com/2011/04/i-dont-think-so/
And the link is? Oops - http://michaelcatt.com/2011/04/i-dont-think-so/
He watches The Naked Archaeologist??!! LOL ! [:P]
If Simcha said it, then it is more than 50% wild speculation. How a man without archaeological training got a job as an archaeological investigator with his own TV show is truly a wonder.
If Simcha said it, then it is more than 50% wild speculation
I would say this would be much higher, like 75-80%
Three nails or four?
See : The Bible Readers Companion, electronic ed., 647 (page)Illustration. The Romans reserved crucifixion for criminals and slaves. The cross (stauros) was usually a pole fixed in the ground with a detached crossbar. Here Jesus is shown carrying the crossbar to the execution ground, and nailed to the assembled t–shaped instrument.Somewhere I have seen a photo of a crucifixion nail that was still though an ankle bone and from the side. Did they, as all of the paintings done hundreds of years later, use three nails or did they use four? Nailing the feet to the each side to the upright post?
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